Today the doors got opened and the kittens got their freedom. They’ve had a couple of outings in a leashed harness, but today they’ve been able to wander and explore. All the doors are open. Daisy was immediately at ease, curious and happy. Leroy, by contrast took about 2 hours to relax, slinking about with…

Given that we moved in spring our plan was to just watch what the garden did, without much interference. We haven’t watered or pruned, just let things be. The plum, apple, nashi (yes, that’s what it turned out to be) and lemon all need some attention. The peach seems to be fruiting fine, but the…

To be clear, I was at the hospital at 7 and in surgery at 8:30, but yes it was an early start. All went very well, the surgeon is pleased, so now it’s a matter of recovery and exercise. Warning: some of the detail below is a bit graphic. If you’re squeamish perhaps skip this…

All whent well at 7am this morning, double thumbs up from surgen On our way home will do an update friday

After a half day at work we’ve now made it to Hamilton and to our accommodation for tonight. It’s in a lovely but surprisingly busy side street just a few streets away from the hospital. We’ll get takeaways for dinner and have a quiet night. Early start tomorrow, 7am admission.

On Friday I happened upon a local retailer holding a sale and in the spirit of buying local I bought myself a set of very nice bamboo double pointed needles in five sizes and a nice case, and some locally dyed yarn Having balled the yan I decided to start on some socks. I’d done…

Just as a quick reassurance to anyone wondering, we are ok. We had about a month’s worth of rain in 12 hours yesterday and many of the roads are still closed with flooding and slips. Here at home we had some minor flooding into the garage during the heaviest period, but we never lost power.…

Here I am, 1 week from the failed surgery, starting on my second week of leave before I return to work next week. My hand is less swollen than before,  which had the unfortunate effect that the splint kept falling off. I’ve been back to the hand physio who has adjusted it and I’ll see…

I don’t really know where this week has gone, but it has. I was going to post a picture of my bandaged finer, but it’s quite an ugly sight with splotches of dried blood, so instead I’ll share images of the latest splint. This is how it looks now, probably to be adjusted at my…

Yesterday I was in Hamilton for my long awaited hand surgery. I broke my finger in July, had the x-ray initially misread as a simple self-healing break, had a fresh x-ray in September that revealed the truth that the bone was smashed and needed surgery, and then had to wait for an oncologist go-ahead. Having…